Rynek pracy · 30.09.1994

Coal Mine Respirable Dust Standard; Single-Shift and Noncompliance Determinations

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently supplemented the record concerning the notices addressing changes to the Federal respirable dust program for coal mines. The mining community has requested additional time to review this information and to prepare their comments. MSHA is extending the period for the public to submit post-hearing comments on the February 18, 1994, notices which address: (1) The use of single, full-shift respirable dust measurements to determine noncompliance under the MSHA coal mine respirable dust program; and (2) the joint finding by the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the average concentration of respirable dust to which each miner in the active workings of a coal mine is exposed can be measured accurately over a single shift.